IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lenberg

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S11KY149003

User Pedon ID: S11KY149003

Vegetation Plot ID: S11KY149003

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - NSSL

Lab Pedon # - 11N7129

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55358

Print Date: 11/26/2024

LOCATION

Location In Web Soil Survey

AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.

Location in SoilWeb

Location in Google Maps

Std. Latitude: 37.5991516

Std. Longitude: -87.3436279

Datum: WGS84

Location Description: Cambron pits for water project.

Map Unit: WlE—Wellston silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes

Country: US—United States

State: Kentucky

County: KY149—McLean

MLRA: 120A—Kentucky and Indiana Sandstone and Shale Hills and Valleys, Southern Part

Regional Office: 18obsolete—Lexington, KY

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NE-OWN—Owensboro, Kentucky

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: KY631—McLean and Muhlenberg Counties, Kentucky

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 37087-E3—Calhoun, Kentucky

PEDON

Describers Name: Matt McCauley, Steve Neyhouse, Dave Gehring

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: map unit inclusion

Pedon Purpose: research site

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Pedon #: 3

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Lenberg

PSC - 9 to 59 cm.

Classificaton Date - 4/16/2012

Classifier - Matt McCauley

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - aquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Lenberg

Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs

Taxon Kind - taxadjunct

PSC - 9 to 59 cm.

Classificaton Date - 3/8/2011

Classifier - Matt McCauley

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - aquic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: Peoria fine-silty noncalcareous loess over clayey residuum weathered from clayey shale

Landscape: upland

Landform: hill

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Pattern: dendritic

Drainage Class: moderately well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: moderately coherent shale, clayey at 89cm

Geology: Mcleansboro Group group .

Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent nonflat subangular very strongly coherent cemented 75- to 180-millimeter sandstone, unspecified,

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

Vegplot Text Note(s): NASIS Site Name (MLRA06_Morgantown) was transferred over (MLRA12_Amherst) to align with the new USDA-NRCS SPSD Regional Office boundaries. The MLRA12-Amherst NASIS Site will eventually be renamed as the Northeast NASIS Site.; NASIS Site Name (MLRA06_Morgantown) was transferred over (MLRA12_Amherst) to align with the new USDA-NRCS SPSD Regional Office boundaries. The MLRA12-Amherst NASIS Site will eventually be renamed as the Northeast NASIS Site.

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 3/8/2011 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Current Weather - overcast

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
CAGL8 CAOV2 COFL2 LIST2 LONIC QUVE SMILA2 ULAL	Carya glabra Carya ovata Cornus florida Liquidambar styraciflua Lonicera Quercus velutina Smilax Ulmus alata	pignut hickory shagbark hickory flowering dogwood sweetgum honeysuckle black oak greenbrier winged elm	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —	— — — — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, paralithic	moderately coherent	89 - 114	- 25 -

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon lithologic discontinuity paralithic contact	0—9 9—75 18—89 89—114	—9— —66— —71— —25—

Setting and Climate
Slope	Slope Length USLE	Upslope Length	Elev.	Corr. Elev	Aspect	MAP	REAP	FFD	MAAT	MSAT	MWAT	MAST	MSST	MWST	MFFP	PE Index	Climate Station ID	Climate Station Name	Climate Station Type
%	m				degrees	mm	mm		C						mm
18	—	—	139.6	—	200	1120	—	196	14.4	24.9	2.9	—	—	—	—	—	KY6595	Providence	coop

Oi—0 to 1 centimeters (0.0 to 0.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) slightly decomposed plant material; very friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N05268; observed in pit, small

A1—1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N05269; observed in pit, small

A2—2 to 9 centimeters (0.8 to 3.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 5 percent sand; 78 percent silt; 17 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N05270; observed in pit, small

Bt1—9 to 18 centimeters (3.5 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 7 percent sand; 67 percent silt; 26 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 26 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct spherical noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with sharp boundaries throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N05271; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 542349; continuous - phpvsfiid 542349

2Bt2—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; 15 percent sand; 37 percent silt; 48 percent clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 2.0 medium roots between peds and 3.0 fine roots between peds and 1.0 coarse roots between peds; 45 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct cylindrical moderately coherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese nodules with sharp boundaries throughout and 10 percent fine prominent cylindrical very weakly coherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N05272; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 542350; continuous - phpvsfiid 542350

2Bt3—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; 17 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 52 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 2.0 medium roots between peds and 2.0 fine roots between peds and 1.0 coarse roots between peds; 50 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent fine prominent cylindrical very weakly coherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N05273; observed in pit, small. continuous - phpvsfiid 542351; continuous - phpvsfiid 542351

2Bt4—51 to 75 centimeters (20.1 to 29.5 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay; 15 percent sand; 39 percent silt; 46 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 15 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent fine prominent irregular very weakly coherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N05274; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 542352; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 542352

2BC—75 to 89 centimeters (29.5 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 15 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 40 percent clay; moderate thin platy structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 10 percent medium prominent irregular very weakly coherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout and 40 percent medium prominent irregular very weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 10 percent by volume nonflat subangular strongly coherent cemented 2-30-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 11N05275; observed in pit, small

2Cr—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/4) bedrock; 15 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate thin platy structure; extremely firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter. Lab sample # 11N05276; observed in pit, small